ATI Technologies RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION User's Guide

RADEON™ 9800 PRO MAC EDITIONUser’s GuideP/N: 137-40566-10Copyright © 2003, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.ATI and all ATI product and produ

7The Profile dialog presents information on the specific RADEON graphics card and video driver installed in your computer. Even if the ATI Displays c

8 Using Mac2TV™ Video OutThe RADEON 9800 PRO MAC EDITION’s Mac2TV Video Out feature allows you to output your computer’s display to your TV or VCR. An

95 If your are using S-Video connection to the TV/VCR, attach one end of an S-Video cable to the S-Video Out connection of the RADEON 9800 PRO MAC ED

10 Enabling Mac2TVOpen the ATI Displays control panel. The TV Set-up dialog will open automatically on the TV. (This default can be changed in the ATI

11Detect Video Device allows you detect a TV or VCR without restarting your computer. This option is only present when no TV is detectedTurn Video On

12 Anti-Flicker reduces the amount of display flicker. Display flicker is both a distraction and tiring to your eyes, and is most pronounced when text

13The Ratio/Size tab allows you to adjust the Aspect Ratio and change the display size and position.Aspect Ratio allows you to select between a fully

14 Viewing Text on TelevisionDue to the different technology used in the manufacturing of televisions and monitors, standard text may look too small o

15ADVANCED DISPLAY OPTIONSAdvanced adds even more functionality, giving you complete control over your display.To access the Advanced feature open th

16 Display Control TabForce Single Display Operation, when using a dual display video card, causes all display modes to appear as a single list of sup

i DisclaimerWhile every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, ATI Technologies Inc. assumes no liability with respect to the

17Advanced DFP TabThe features on this tab are intended to support Digital Flat Panels (DFP) only.Enable ATI Hardware Scaler on non-Apple panels can

18 ATI HELPATI HELP is an additional source of information when you are using the ATI Displays control panel. To access the ATI HELP, click on the ic

19Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) RADEON 9800 PRO MAC EDITION’s DVI support feature allows you to output your computer’s display to your DVI digital f

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21SpecificationsVideo Mode TableThe video mode table below lists the color depth capabilities for the supported resolutions on your RADEON 9800 PRO M

22 Digital Flat Panel *Using a reduced blanking interval compatible with Apple®’s Cinema HD ADC Display. This timing is not compatible with VESA’s 192

23SpecificationsSystem Requirements• Power Macintosh® computer with an AGP expansion slot.Operating System•Mac® OS X version 10.2.5 or higher.Graphic

24 Power• +5V %, @ 1.3A typical.Environment• Ambient Temperature: 50° to 122° F (10° to 50° C) operation. 32° to 162° F (0° to 70° C) storage.• Relat

25Glossary Alpha blending When an image has an alpha value for each pixel, this tells how much to blend the colors from the image with the background

26 Bitmap A bitmap is a graphics or character representation composed of individual pixels, arranged horizontally in rows. A monochrome bitmap uses o

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27Pixel, Pel Picture element. Smallest addressable area of the computer screen. Pixels on computer displays are square; pixels on NTSC televisions ha

Page 28 Numerics3D Graphicssupported features 5AApple Displaysusing VGA adapter 2ATI Guideaccessing 18description 18GGraphic Cardfeatures 4requirement

1IntroductionThe RADEON 9800 PRO MAC EDITION represents the next generation in 3D and video acceleration for your Power Macintosh® computer. It includ

2 What You'll NeedThe RADEON 9800 PRO MAC EDITION runs with the following minimum system requirements:• Any Power Macintosh® computer with an AGP

3Related DocumentationThe README file summarizes the latest product revisions. Click the README icon on the installation disk to open this file.Help i

4 Multimedia FeaturesYour RADEON 9800 PRO MAC EDITION turns your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. You can use your new graphics acce

5Viewing 3D GraphicsRADEON 9800 PRO MAC EDITION’s 3D Acceleration features supports the following advanced 3D graphics capabilities:• 8 Pipeline arch

6 ATI Displays Control PanelThe ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features that RADEON 9800 PRO MAC EDITION has to offer. To